Texas

[Cockle-Dood]

Quality Feed on Main ST has Cuckoo Marans, Buff Orps, Black & Gold Sexlink chicks.

currently? ....marans are all ide be interested in, but they are cuckoo...they were supposed to call me when they got marans in!!

 

[Cockle-Dood]

Sorry, I have been busy baking Oatmeal Raisin Cookies.

Cool weather equals BAKING.

Lisa

im stuck at work, and now day-dreaming about oatmeal raisin cookies!!

 

[festus336]

I am going to be going to Tge auction for the first time sunday. Can you tell me do I bring cages or do they come with purchase? Looking for peacocks and pheasants. Thanks!! "Just a quick reminder about the sale this Sunday, April 14, 2013.

I am finally back from Costa Rica and really looking forward to seeing everyone again, catching up and sharing some of my adventures with you!

This sale is already shaping up nicely. We have had several calls and have the following already consigned:

Rozella
peacocks
bantams
doves - both white and ringneck
baby geese
baby ducks
pigeons - all different makes and models
Rio Grande & Bourbon Turkeys.....

As always we should also have a good selection of pheasants game birds, exotic chickens, ducks, geese, pheasants, small animals, etc.

Look forward to seeing you there!

Rocky

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Iduma Small Bird & Animal Auction 1362 Briggs Road Killeen, Texas 76549 254.289.3304 or 254.793.2958 [COLOR=2862C5]www.idumasale.com
Auctioneer: Clyde (Rocky) Castleberry #11629 "[/COLOR]
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[Little Wing]

We got teased by rain here, nothing worth noting. But we def got the temp drop!

And when i got home i found......

My first farm egg since i was a little kid!!
Littlewing/sarge...the eggs is an off cream color, that the yokie you think? Mama-red will be lauong brown, right?

Mama-Reds eggs should be light colored, almost pink. Glad she is laying for you.

 

[yinepu]

http://houston.craigslist.org/grd/3736942298.html

green pygmy parrot (Parrotlet)



I know someone on here has something to say about these guys! found this on CL and just checking him out

conures and african greys can bite harder...

 

[galanie]

http://houston.craigslist.org/grd/3736942298.html
green pygmy parrot (Parrotlet)

I know someone on here has something to say about these guys! found this on CL and just checking him out

Have you have parrot type birds before? He should make a great little pet provided you give him plenty attention every day and don't just leave him my himself most of the time. Even cockatiels need that though many are just left alone a lot and seem ok but are not in any way tame. Birds are all very social creatures and parrots of all types are much smarter than your average, say, chicken (LOL). They need interaction or they'll start having behavior problems. Or maybe you know that already, if so, I apologize. In short, bet he'll make a great pet! He's the perfect age to start with.

 

[yinepu]

I am going to be going to Tge auction for the first time sunday. Can you tell me do I bring cages or do they come with purchase? Looking for peacocks and pheasants. Thanks!!


"Just a quick reminder about the sale this Sunday, April 14, 2013.




I am finally back from Costa Rica and really looking forward to seeing everyone again, catching up and sharing some of my adventures with you!





This sale is already shaping up nicely. We have had several calls and have the following already consigned:





Rozella


peacocks


bantams


doves - both white and ringneck


baby geese


baby ducks


pigeons - all different makes and models


Rio Grande & Bourbon Turkeys.....





As always we should also have a good selection of pheasants game birds, exotic chickens, ducks, geese, pheasants, small animals, etc.





Look forward to seeing you there!





Rocky





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Iduma Small Bird & Animal Auction
1362 Briggs Road

Killeen, Texas 76549

254.289.3304 or 254.793.2958
[COLOR=2862C5]www.idumasale.com

Auctioneer: Clyde (Rocky) Castleberry #11629 "

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when they bring the birds to the auctions they have to already be in cages (one of the requirements to sell birds at the auctions).. the cages are usually hardware cloth or some type of fence.. usually assembled with hog rings.. so very cheaply made.. but work great for transport

small animals like hedgehogs and such also have to be in cages in order to be auctioned off.

when you buy the critter.. you also get the transport cage


I'll check out back and see if we still have any of the cages we got.. if we do I'll post a pic.. (may have shipped them off to the dump last summer)

edited to add:

nope.. tossed the cages.. but if you click on the link for their website.. when you look at the birds.. the cages they are in is what they come with.

 

[Cockle-Dood]

Have you have parrot type birds before? He should make a great little pet provided you give him plenty attention every day and don't just leave him my himself most of the time. Even cockatiels need that though many are just left alone a lot and seem ok but are not in any way tame. Birds are all very social creatures and parrots of all types are much smarter than your average, say, chicken (LOL). They need interaction or they'll start having behavior problems. Or maybe you know that already, if so, I apologize.

In short, bet he'll make a great pet! He's the perfect age to start with.

Nope never had birds like that...just ran across him and thought id check some view points on him. Do these guys talk? or can they i should say?

 

[Cockle-Dood]

Mama-Reds eggs should be light colored, almost pink. Glad she is laying for you.

yup, thats definately her! did you look at what responses i got back? Partridge rock?

 

[jockeyeba]

True statement.  Though, I must have some of the most spoiled poultry on the planet because I'm finding there are things that they don't care for (re: the blueberries my Rascals won't go near).  It's very interesting to see that they actually do have preferences, and it's not all the same for every bird.  I am still growing into actually seeing them as individual birds.  Growing up, there were so many around all the time that you just kind of saw them like one hive mind with individual body parts.  It's great getting to see their individual personalities coming out.

Oh my gawd, guys....I wish we had been able to get a photo last night.  But, we always "tuck the girls in" at night.  Just as the sun is setting, we're outside with a drink, chatting, etc which the chickens do the Chicken March to bed.  Last night, we were caught up in canning the leftover chili and hadn't realized it was sunset.  We hear a *tap tap tap pause taptap tap pause taptaptapTAP* on the glass of our dining room window.  Mike looks up and busts out laughing, so Jeff and I ask what and Mike points to the window.  The Girls (Miney, Mo and Meeney) are up on the window sill eyeing us like, "Dude, are we going to bed or WHAT?"  As we watched, Mo (my fave, btw) cocked her head and then began to tap on the window again.  So, out we went and put them to bed.  It was hilarious.

back in the day.... (lol)

the department stores around us would have little events.. during easter it was the dyed chicks and ducklings.. during summer sales they would set up a 'fishing hole" for the kids. For a nickel you would get 5 chances to "fish".. they would set up a kiddie pool with water and well stocked with cheapie goldfish.. then hand you a small aquarium net. Every chance to "fish" was one swipe with the net.. so long as the net was in the water you could go after as many fish as you wanted. Usually one scoop would result in 3 to 5 goldfish if you were skilled at it.. so walking out of there with 15 to 25 goldfish for 5 cents was pretty much the normal thing. Well.. my mother took me and one of my brothers to the store.. saw the "fishing hole" and decided to let us have a go at it.. (I think we split the nickle)
we came home with a bag full of goldfish and dumped them into a brand new tank (no water adjustments... just plopped them in)

A few died within the next few days.. several hung on for months.. one goldfish in particular lasted several years.. a big ol male veiltail (yeah.. nice fish.. they didn't dump old feeder goldfish off on us back then). My mother laid claim to this particular fish and named him "Bigstuff".. when he finally died he was well over a foot long  just in his body length.. the veil tail was extra

Well.. my mother was ALMOST as weird as I am.. so she decided that "Bigstuff" needed to be preserved in all his glory... in other words.. taxidermy

At the time my father was making a whopping 3 to 4K a year .. gas was 24 cents a gallon.. and bread was the outrageous price of 25 cents a loaf.. so with my father's paycheck.. having 7 kids and raising our own chickens.. we managed to make ends meet.. however those ends didn't cover the price of some guy stuffing a dead goldfish with sawdust

So "Bigstuff was ceremoniously wrapped in wax paper.. then tinfoil.. and was laid to rest in the freezer next to my sister's frozen prom corsages and a bit of someone's frozen dried up wedding cake.

Every year (several times a year) came the ritual of "cleaning out the freezer" where bits and pieces of food .. freezer burnt or well past the "dang is it still good enough to eat?" date .. would be sacrificed to the flock of chickens who seemed to know it was that time of the year again by the gleam in their beady little eyes...
So as we were cleaning .. sooner or later one of us would lay our grubby little mitts on the still wrapped (but somewhat damaged by this point) corpse of "Bigstuff".. then the yelling conversation would start...
"hey Mom... "
"yeah?"
"what do you want me to do with Bigstuff...?"
"HE'S FINE!!!"

"but... mom... his tail is chipped......"
"put him back.. HE'S FINE!!!"
"but.. MOOOOM..... he's got freezer burn.. can the chickens or cats have him?"
"PUT HIM BACK!.. "HE'S FINE!!!"

so back he would go...

then the next time it would go on again.. 

"hey Mom... "
"yeah?"
"what do you want me to do with Bigstuff...?"
"HE'S FINE!!!"

"but... mom... his tail is BROKEN OFF......"
"put him back.. HE'S FINE!!!"
"but.. MOOOOM..... he's got freezer burn.. his eyes are all sunk in ... and he's in 17 pieces.. can the chickens or cats have him?"
"NO.. I TOLD YOU PUT HIM BACK!.. "HE'S FINE!!!"

Eventually the tin foil was in tatters.. "Bigstuff" had lost big pieces of his tail and his fins in previous freezer cleanings.. but he still resided in the freezer for the day when his little defrosted zombie fish body would meet with the great taxidermist .. who in my mother's mind.. would magically bring him back into pristine pre-death condition...
I graduated from High School.. "Bigstuff" still resided in the freezer...
I got married and divorced.. moved back to the house to find him still holding his place of honor in the freezer..
my youngest brother got married.. had two kids.. and we would still hear my mother yell "HE'S FINE" whenever "Bigstuff" was mentioned... 
The freezer died.. and was replaced.. "Bigstuff" made the move to the new freezer 

to this day I have no idea why the fascination with that darn fish.. 

Kilsharion and Yinepu!!!!  

Lisa

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